A Serious Ocean
You know it by the northern look of the shore,
by the salt-worried faces,
by an absence of trees, an abundance of lighthouses.
It's a serious ocean.
North Sea off Carnoustie by Anne Stevenson
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Tomorrow will have an island
by William Stafford
Tomorrow will have an island. Before night
I always find it. Then on to the next island.
These places hidden in the day separate
and come forward if you beckon.
But you have to know they are there before they exist.
Some time there will be a tomorrow without any island,
So far, I haven't let that happen, but after
I'm gone others may become faithless and careless.
Before them will tumble the wide unbroken sea,
and without any hope they will stare at the horizon.
So to you, Friend, I confide my secret:
to be a discoverer you hold close whatever
you find, and after a while you decide
what it is. Then, secure in where you have been,
you turn to the open sea and let go.
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John Kretschmer Sailing Books! I have written
six books, and contributed to a couple of others over of the years.
The ongoing success of my memoir, Flirting with Mermaids, surprises
me. It was first published in 1999 and continues to sell in a
trade paperback edition that was released in 2003. The Used Boat Notebook, reprints of my popular column in Sailing Magazine, was published in a new edition in
2006. Signed copies of all my books
can be purchased here, although you'll save money buying them
at Amazon.com and I can just sign them when we go sailing.
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What's New |
New posted for 2010 and 2011
with Captain Bob Pingel
My new book, , is out!
Check out my cool new t-shirt collection !
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